Scherie Murray

Scherie Murray was a Jamaican-American businesswoman from Queens, New York City who ran for the New York's 14th district in the US House of Representatives in 2020 as a Republican.

Biography
Scherie Murray was born in Jamaica and moved to New York City at the age of nine, and she was raised in southeast Queens. She worked as a system analyst intern for an MTA bus depot before starting a TV and production advertising company, and she became the Republican district leader and state committee woman for the 29th Assembly District in Queens for the New York Republican State Committee. In 2019, she decided to run against incumbent Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the heavily-blue 14th congressional district, accusing her of being a crisis who turned away jobs for local New Yorkers. Murray promised economic opportunities, immigration reform, and prioritizing education and infrastructure.